Tales of the City: Season 1

"Poignant but flavorless. ... The series, as stilted and theatrical as ever, remains a time capsule of the freewheeling San Francisco come and gone."

"Flawed, narcissistic and doing its best. Sometimes it’s doing its best a bit too hard."

"The series has many faults, often gets lost in its own self-indulgence, but it’s easy to admire how much effort they’re putting into making something for a queer audience—both new and old."

"“Flawed, narcissistic… and doing our best.” That’s as good a summation as any of the first 2019 episode of one of the most surprisingly resilient TV brands out there."

"The new Tales is imperfect, but it’s beautiful enough in spots to qualify."

"The timeless nature of Barbary Lane and the city’s loyalty to its mother figure somehow defeats its incursion. That in itself makes this series worth savoring."

"Sexy, funny, touching and somehow as bright and relevant now as it was 25 years ago, if this is the last hurrah for the Tales of The City franchise – and with so many stories wrapped it, it certainly feels that way – it’s a good one."

"It’s this wide variety of perspectives assembled that allows the series to be as ambitious as it is."